Would have to replace gnome rider with some other creature.
I forgot that the gnome rider wasn't free unupped. good point. I'd still use a photon and novae.
Or maybe a virus for anti-mulligan?
Why do you want to replace the gnome for another creature?
Reaons for the gnome:
I wouldn't run the deck with less than 2
pends, not even with 1 pillar.
Photon can screwthe auto mulligan.
Deja Vu would make me need 1 extra
pillar
Creatures of other element would requiere another pillar
Result: the best choice is the Gnome, as it doesn't force me to add an extra pillar without screwing the mulligan.
What if you switch your earth pendulum for novae and add let say a purify?
Unupped Purify costs 2
, 1 Nova isn't enough